Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Civilian killed, 4 wounded in bomb blast south of Baghdad

 Civilian killed, 4 wounded in bomb blast south of Baghdad

A bomb blast site in Baghdad. File Photo

A bomb blast site in Baghdad. File Photo
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) One civilian was killed and four others were wounded on Thursday when a bomb blast rocked an area south of Baghdad, according to police sources.

The explosive device was placed near a popular marketplace in Sadr al-Youssefiya district, south of the capital.

Violence surged in Iraq with the emergence of Islamic State militants who took over large areas of the country in 2014. Baghdad has been witnessing almost daily bombings targeting civilians and security personnel.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but IS militants have said they had been responsible for several bloody explosions and attacks that hit the capital in the past months, bringing the governorate municipal and security officials under critics’ fire.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) says violence in the country left nearly 392 dead, excluding security members, and 613 injured during February. Baghdad was the second most affected province with 120 deaths and 300 injuries, according to the organization.

Observers believe Islamic State have begun to escalate attacks outside the city of Mosul, where the group has been losing ground and personnel since October, so as to relieve pressure by government forces on that front and to divert attention from group losses.

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